BIG BEAR LAKE – A grizzly bear killed a trainer Tuesday at a private facility for exotic animals used in film, television and advertising, authorities said.

The bear is seen in the recent Will Ferrell movie “Semi-Pro,” according to the facility’s Web site.

Three experienced handlers were working with the bear at Randy Miller’s Predators in Action when the bear bit Stephan Miller, 39, of Canyon Country, on the neck, said San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. It wasn’t immediately known whether the men were related.

The center’s staff used pepper spray to subdue and contain the bear and there were no other injuries, she said.

A county Fire Department traumatic injury response unit responded about 3 p.m., but could not revive the man.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Dave Phelps said the bear was a 5-year-old male named Rocky.

The Predators in Action Web site says Rocky is 7½ feet tall, weighs 700 pounds and appeared in a scene in “Semi Pro” in which Ferrell’s character wrestles a bear.

Calls seeking comment from Miller, a stuntman and operator of Predators in Action, were not immediately returned Tuesday evening. Miller doubled for Ferrell in the bear wrestling match, according to the center’s site.

The center, in the San Bernardino Mountains, says it has two grizzlies, and also trains lions, tigers, leopards, cougars and wolves for uses ranging from film and TV to advertising and education.